2-6 July 2007 | Paris, France

Earth
Negotiations Bulletin
- ENB

Highlights for Wednesday, 4 July 2007

On Wednesday, SBSTTA 12 participants convened in the Committee of the Whole in the morning to consider draft recommendations on the in-depth review of the application of the ecosystem approach (EA) and of the implementation of the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation (GSPC). Two working groups met in the afternoon to address the review of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MA), Global Biodiversity Outlook (GBO), and biodiversity and climate change.

COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE

Review of Implementation of the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation

On constraints for implementation, Hesiquio Benitez, Mexico (right), suggested defining the type of lacking data as being taxonomic and conservation-related, Leonard Hirsch, US (left), proposed including taxonomic capacity.

On the proposed new targets on climate change and nutrient loading, David Galbraith, Canada, proposed amendments stating that these issues be addressed during the implementation of existing targets.

On the development of the GSPC beyond 2010, Jean-Patrick Le Duc, France, preferred retaining the reference to considering new targets.

Girma Balcha, Ethiopia.

Abdelhakim Mihoubi, Algeria

Uwe Shippmann, Germany.

On the toolkit, Juanita Chaves, Colombia (left), suggested an additional point on the development of regional tools for the exchange of information and capacity building, Soumayila Bancé, Burkina Faso (middle), stated that the toolkit would also help enhance regional and subregional implementation, and Modibo Cissé, Mali (right), opposed subjecting the translation of the toolkit into all UN languages to availability of funds.

Review of the Application of the Ecosystem Approach

Ann-Christin Weibull, Sweden, opposed referring to the EA as an “evolutionary” process.

Alissa Takey, Federated States of Micronesia, proposed deleting text on the ecosystem approach being applied at different scales and under diverse circumstances.

Opposed by Peter Bos, the Netherlands (left) and Robert Lamb, Switzerland (right), Fernando Coimbra, Brazil (middle), favored deleting the incorporation of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment findings into the application of the ecosystem approach.